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2025 24 Hours of Le Mans: Thursday practice and Hyperpole LIVE UPDATES!

Live coverage of Thursday practice and qualifying at the 2025 24 Hours of Le Mans

The 2025 24 Hours of Le Ma𓆏ns continues on Thursday 12 June with FP3, Hyperpole and FP4. 

Wednesday saw the opening da♈y of practice and qualifying, with Cadillac leading the way in the latter with the No.12 Jota car.

Toyota suffered a difficult evening as the No.7 car failed to make it🥀 into the top 15 cutoff to progress to Q2, while the No.6 Porsche was disqualified for a weight limit infringement. 

Three hours of practice start the day's running, before Hyperpole for all classes ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚthis evening and a final practice tonight. 

Thursday 2025 Le Mans schedule:

  • FP3 - 14:45 CET
  • Hyperpole 1 LMGT3/LMP2 - 20:00 CET
  • Hyperpole 2 LMGT3/LMP2 - 20:35 CET
  • Hyperpole 1 Hypercar - 21:05 CET
  • Hyperpole 2 Hypercar - 21:40 CET
  • FP4 - 23:00 CET
15:41

The No.95 United Autosports McLaren has been hit with a five-minute stop-and-go penalty for trackꦚ limits abuse. 

15:34
Green flag

We💟're back und𝔉erway in FP3 with 70 minutes remaining. 

15:29

Race direction has sai🧔d it will take another five minutes at least to finish those barrier repairs.

15:29

Just pri🍒or to this red flag, there was a a barrier tag for the No.37 CLX LMP2 entry, which appears to have done some damage to the tyres. 

Race direction said there was barrier repairs being carri﷽ed out in two places. 

15:23

Teams being told by race direction that there is some barrier repairs going on that it hopes won't take too long.&nb𝓀sp;

15:20
Red flag

The🌠 session has been stopped due to an off for the No.183 AF Corse LMP2 car has gone off at the Porsche Curves but has managed to reverse out of the barrier.

15:19

About 90 minutes to go. Top five in all three cl❀asses looks like this: 

Hypercar:

  1. No.51 Ferrari - 3m25.705s
  2. No.83 AF Corse - 3m26.322s
  3. No.6 Porsche - 3m27.400s
  4. No.5 Porsche - 3m27.470s
  5. No.50 - Ferrari - 3m27.514s

LMP2:

  1. No.22 United Autosports - 3m37.436s
  2. No.43 Inter Europol - 3m37.563s
  3. No.22 United Autosports - 3m38.540s
  4. No.199 AO by TF - 3m38.682s
  5. No.28 IDEC Sport - 3m38.744s

LMGT3:

  1. No.59 United Autosports McLaren - 3m56.932s
  2. No.95 United Autosports McLaren - 3m57.040s
  3. No.78 Akkodis ASP Team Lexus - 3m57.138s
  4. No.46 Team WRT BMW - 3m57. 213s
  5. No.92 Manthey Porsche - 3m57.326s.
15:11

The No.10 Racing Spirit of Le M🔯ans Aston Martin, currently being driven by Eduardo Barrichello, 𒆙is being investigated for pitlane speeding. 

His dad, former F1 driver Rubens,⛎ is sat in the garage watching on this weekend. 

15:07

Interesting look൩ here at the No.7 Toyota following the No.5༒1 Ferrari. 

Toyota's drꦬivers have said already they feel they don't have the top speed to match Ferrari and we're seeing that play out in real time right now. 

14:58

The No.22 United Autosports LMP2 entry had a small moment into Arnage bඣy the looks of it, but nothing major. 

14:57
Engine change for No.101

Cadillac have confirmed a change of 🉐engine f🔯or the No.101 WTR Cadillac as a preemptive measure. 

Full statement below: 

"The No.101 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R crew and Cadillac engineers will preemptively swap out the 5.5-liter DOHC V8 engine after detecting a potential issue in this free practice session. The No.101 Hypercar, sitting 14th♏ on the time sheet, is among the four Cadillac entries to qualify for Hyperpole 1."

14:55

The slow zone h🔯as e🍷nded and we're back at green flag running. 

14:54

The No.9 Iron Lynx car has been recovered from the gravel and has gotte𝓰n going again. Not too much damage tꦑo the front of that car, by the looks of it. 

14:52
Story - Why Valentino Rossi enjoys Le Mans more than MotoGP

This year is Valentino Rossi's second start atꩲ the 24 Hours of Le Mans. 

He spoke to theꩲ media today following the No.46 WRT BMW topping qualifying on Wednesday and we asked him how he feels about racing at Le Mans compared to his days in MotoGP. 

Found out what he had to say 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:here

14:49

The No.9 Iron Lynx💝 LMP2 car just locked up and ran into the barrier. ꧋;

 

14:48

The No.9 LMP2 entry has gone off at Ind💛ianapolis. So, yellow flags are out and the slow zone will be deployed soon.

14:46

🦄Hour one🌌 of this FP3 session is in the books and the No.51 Ferrari remains fastest with a 3m25.705s. 

In LMP2, it'✅s still the No.23 United Au💟tosports car with a 3m37.436s. 

In LMGT3, i🌳t's the No.59 United Autosports McLaren 𝕴leading the way at 3m56.932s. 

14:37

There is a new leader in LMGT3, which is the No. 59 United Autosports McLaren with Gregoire Saucy behind th🅺e wheel.

14:36

Green▨ running has been ongoing for the last few minutes but no major order shake-ups right n🉐ow. 

Tꦬhere will be a lot of used rubber runn🤡ing going on. 

14:31

The No.90 Porsche is havi𓆏ng some brakes changedᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ in pitlane. 

Incidentally, that car has a Chip Ha♚rt Racing livery on it - which is a nod to the upcoming F1 movie. 

As far as I'm aware, Brad Pitt isn't making any kind of Le M♕ans wildcard appearance!

No.90 Manthey Porsche
No.90 Manthey Porsche
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14:25

Slow zones 🃏are active while the No.54 car is re♑covered. 

14:24

The No.54 Vista AF Corse Ferrari LMGT3 entry has spun off at the last𝓰 corner. 

That car has Thomas Flohr behind the wheel. 

Yellow flags are out.

14:23

Big lock-up for the No.7 Toyota a few moments ago, which has now come back into pitlane💧. 

Mike Conway has just finished a st🌟int. We spoke to him earlier today and he feels Toyota is lacking in top speed - whi💯ch was a surprise to him - in high-speed corners.

With no Hyperpole for that ♛car this evening, it can focus fully on race set-up. 

14:16

Only the No.50 Ferrari is yet to put a lap💜 on the board in 🌱the Hypercar class after half an hour. 

The No.51 Ferrari rem🌳ains fastest w🐻ith a 3m25.705s. 

14:09

The No.23 United Autosports entry now lead♉s the LMP2 class with a 3m37.436s.